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Vancouver Whitecaps FC were back-to-back Canadian Championship winners after a 2:1 victory over visiting CF Montréal in the 2023 Final. Vancouver won the match and lifted the Voyageurs Cup after second-half goals by Brian White and Ryan Gauld. Julian Gressel captured the George Gross Memorial Trophy while Ali Ahmed was named the Best Young Canadian Player. The first stage of the 2023 Canadian Championship kicked off 21 April 2022 with qualifying matches played across League1 BC, League1 Ontario and the PLSQ. From the qualifying matches through to the Canadian Championship Final on 7 June 2023, there were 52 teams involved in 424 matches across 15 months.
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The TELUS Canadian Championship is Canada Soccer’s highest domestic professional soccer competition and serves as a qualification route for Canadian professional clubs into Concacaf Champions Cup and onto the FIFA Club World Cup.
Dubbed the Battle of the North, the Championship sets itself apart from all North American professional sports competitions that operate on both sides of the border as the only one to hold an all-Canadian competition that leads to the international stage.
The Voyageurs Cup has been awarded to the Canadian Championship winner since 2008. Created by the Voyageurs Canadian Supporters group, the trophy represents Canadian fans’ commitment to the game in our country.
